Sorry if you're a fan, but it reminds me of salami. I'm not big on it otherwise, as I generally don't like names ending with an 'omi' sound, although I've heard it pronounced "SAH-lo-may", and I prefer that.
I like it, I like most Hebrew/biblical names, the meaning is great. I know a Salome who pronounces it SAL-oh-may. A good nickname would be Sally. My only misgiving is that it reminds me of salmon….
I had a co-worker named Salome, she pronounced it as sa-lom. Never heard of it before, it's quite a beautiful name! A bit tricky to get the hang of at first but still wonderful.
Salome Zourabichvili, the President of Georgia, has this name.
― Anonymous User 11/30/2019
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The traditional English pronunciation was "suh-LOH-mee", as the entry for the name on this site says. Then the British writer Oscar Wilde wrote his play "Salome." Though he was British, at the time the play was first presented (1891) there was a law in Britain that prevented the depiction of Biblical characters on the commercial stage. So he translated the play into French, and it was first performed in that language in Paris, so of course the play and its title character had their names pronounced in the French way, which ends up sounding like "Sal-oh-May" when English speakers try to say it. The German composer Richard Strauss saw the play and decided to write an opera based on it. That opera first premiered in 1905. Though the opera's in German, the French pronunciation of the name is used, and when people talk about the opera in English, they pronounce its title in the French way.The opera became quite famous with opera fans in the United States. Because the given name Salome was completely out of style, and the Biblical story is not one of the most common ones talked about in churches, there are now a great many Americans who have only heard the name pronounced as "Sal-oh-May" because of the opera, and assume that's the correct pronunciation, even though it's really the French pronunciation, not the traditional English one.
This is my favourite girl's name ever. I would name a daughter Salome, but not after the one who got John the Baptist beheaded, rather the other biblical Salome (the one who discovered Jesus's tomb). It is a biblical name so it's very old and timeless. I can picture a person named Salome being of any age from 8 days to 80 years.
The name Salome is ugly and disgusting in my opinion. I really hate this name. It's not pretty sounding. There would also be a lot of mispronunciations to come across for a bearer of this name. As you can tell, I'd never use this name.
― Anonymous User 11/8/2014
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Just to add to my comment: The biblical character princess Salome ticks me off. I can't help but think about the story of the death of John the Baptist. And that painting of her holding his head... *shudders*
― Anonymous User 6/7/2015
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Suh-LOW-meeIs how I have heard it and would say it. Not sure if the vowel sounds are a corruption of original Hebrew or not. Most likely was a phonetic English reading of the name but I'm no expert!If there is an accent mark over the last 'e' the syllable changes to 'may'.
Salome -the opera by Richard Strauss was based on the Oscar Wilde play and in the audience of one of the early performances was Adolf Hitler.
― Anonymous User 3/13/2010
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It *IS* Suh-LO-mee in English. Which is closer to the Hebrew original SHLOMIT or SHLOMITZION. The French, Spanish and Italian pronunciations tend to sound more like Sah-lo-MAY (which incidentally sounds horrific when pronounced by native English speakers).
The German Gothic Metal band Xandria has an album called "Salome-The Seventh Veil," which includes the title track "Salome." It's a beautiful album and a beautiful song! I don't really have an opinion on the name itself either way, though.
I've read about four or five different possible pronunciations of Salome in these comments here and everyone seems very sure that his/her given pronunciation is the right one. So I suppose it's not a name that a child would have fun with if you lived in an English-speaking country. I always thought, it would be pronounced SA-lo-may in English, but apparently, it's not that easy.In Germany (and I claim to be certain here, as I am German), it is pronounced like ZAH-loh-meh, but not exactly as it's difficult to describe the pronunciation well.
I love this name. It has a beautiful sound to it. However, some people wouldn't be able to use it because of the biblical Salome, who was little more than a slut.
According to American Heritage Dictionaries, Salome is pronounced sah-LO-mee and SA-lo-may. I prefer the latter, as sa-LO-mee is too similar to salami.
As a Hebrew name, it is usually pronouced similar to its roots in Shalom, but I've heard in English and French as Sa-Lo-May. I prefer the former.
― Anonymous User 8/13/2007
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Salome is also the name of the monarch of Judea, Salome Alexandra, who was their last - and some say greatest of her family - to die in power before Rome took control of the area.
Alex Kingston's daughter's name is Salome Violetta.
― Anonymous User 2/1/2006
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'Salome' is the name of a play written in French by Oscar Wilde during the mid-to-late nineteenth century. It was prohibited from being performed on the English stage because of its depiction of Biblical characters. 'Salome' has been declared by many critics to be 'unactable', but is a triumph in dialogue and provocative imagery.
There is an opera called Salome by Richard Strauss which tells the story of the tragic biblical character who demands the head of John the Baptist, her unrequited love, as a reward for her dance.
― Anonymous User 7/15/2005
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